What sort of severum is this?

[Shinnok]

+1, golden face roktiel body?

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Was that a question? Here is a better pic. I think it is just a normal Rotkeil, no?

 

[xraycer]

Is that the same fish as the first post?

Last pic is definitely a rotkeil

 

[Leroyw]

I think it is an heros appendiculatus


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[Mythic Figment]

It's an efasciatus with a light body pattern. It could also be a hybrid of efasciatus and something else but the red lines in the face and body are usually an efasciatus thing.

Notatus and sp. Inirida would have spots instead of striations, as well as the black cheek stripe along the bottom of the gill. Inirida and rotkeil (if pure) will only have 8 bars whereas this fish has 9. If it weren't showing such a dramatic barring pattern it'd have a light green/yellow base, which isn't too uncommon in the various tank-bred efasciatus types.

Agreed. Ryan is the one who spurred me into severums when I first started with SAs an he really knows his stuff.


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[Mythic Figment]

Is that the same fish as the first post?

Last pic is definitely a rotkeil

No. This is his rotkeil. He posted it for comparison with someone who was suggesting the first pics were rotkeil.


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[Mythic Figment]

No such thing as a hybrid severum. 2 different species, i.e. a notatus and a rotkeil, will only produce a half and half mix of both species, i.e. half notatus half rotkeil

I don't think you understand how genetics works exactly. Mixing any two different species, even if from the same genus, results in a hybrid.


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[fish042099]

You my friend have no idea how genetics work.

Ever even kept a severum? Or bred one? I know how genetics work, what a punnet square is, but severums are wierd . Read this thread.http://cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=177067

 

[Dan F]

Ever even kept a severum? Or bred one? I know how genetics work, what a punnet square is, but severums are wierd . Read this thread.http://cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=177067

Do a little research on phenotype versus genotype.

 

[Jc1119]

Do a little research on phenotype versus genotype.

True. Don't have to have kept a severum to know this either.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genotype-phenotype_distinction


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[Mythic Figment]

Ever even kept a severum? Or bred one? I know how genetics work, what a punnet square is, but severums are wierd . Read this thread.http://cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=177067

Genetics is universal to all living things (including plants and microscopic organisms). Severums aren't an exception to that rule.


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